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I. D'Alembert: The thinker (1717-1783)--II. Diderot: The talker (1713-1784)--III. Galiani: The wit (1728-1787)--IV. Vauvenargues: The aphorist (1715-1747)--V. D'Holbach: The host (1723-1789)--VI. Grimm: The journalist (1723-1807)--VII. Helvétius: The contradiction (1715-1771)--VIII. Turgot: The statesman (1727-1871)--IX. Beaumarchais: The playwright (1732-1799)--X. Condorcet: The aristocrat (1743-1794)--Index

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